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...Pakistan, there is also a danger that [weapons] may be used against their own people. So from all points of view we think it's a mistake. Besides, any kind of alliance which is against somebody always increases tension and creates problems. So this kind of linkup with the U.S., Pakistan and China I think is dangerous for our area...
This week the board is expected to rule favorably on a linkup between Western and Continental. Passengers would benefit almost immediately. If they merge, Western and Continental have promised a 20% reduction in coach fares...
...expected to occur for years. If such proof were not possible, the deal could still go through if the acquiring company agreed to spin off a subsidiary, division or some other large asset so that the parent firm would be no larger than it was before the linkup. The bill is strongly opposed by the business community and is unlikely to be reported out of committee this year...
...with enough proxy votes to block the sale, Volvo's board of directors abandoned the effort to win approval of Gyllenhammar's plan. Ironically, that was good news for Norway's Nordli. His minority Labor government faced increasing protests in the Storting (parliament) over the Swedish linkup and there were opposition threats of a no-confidence vote that could have forced him to resign. Reason for the resentment: the widespread feeling that Norway's prospective percentage of Volvo was not worth as much as Nordli was willing...
Nature could hardly have created anything that seems more innocuous. An invisible and odorless gas, carbon dioxide is a simple molecular linkup of just a single atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen (CO2). It constitutes a mere fraction of the atmosphere (.03% vs. about 78% for nitrogen and 20% for oxygen) but becomes dangerous to man and other air-breathing creatures when it accumulates in concentrations higher than 10% as, say, at the bottom of deep wells or mine shafts...